Our Mission Statement: To build a life-sustaining program that provides for the care and needs of the abandoned children of Williamson, Haiti.

Members: Lori Ackerson (Ministry team leader), Greg Ackerson, Stacy Lenz, Chrissy Petersen, Anna Welle

Ephesians 2:10. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance.

The Story Unfolds                                                     

In March of 2014, a Grace Lutheran Church mission team was serving in Williamson, Haiti when Pastor Joassaint (Pastor J) brought two abandoned children down from the mountains. Their father had died in a land slide and their mother was not caring for them. These children were malnourished, naked, filthy dirty and afraid. They were begging for food in their village to stay alive. Pastor J found a place for them to stay and someone to care for them. With the help of the Grace team, a small room was prepared for these children to live. Since 2014, six more abandoned children have been taken in by Pastor J. And these eight children have stolen the hearts of many members of Grace Lutheran.

It is a harsh reality to face, but sometimes children in Haiti are simply abandoned by their parents, due to lack of resources and abilities. But thanks to people like Pastor J, these precious children have a second chance! Currently these eight Haitian children are thriving – and yet meeting their daily needs is still a significant challenge.

What have we already accomplished?

In the summer of 2014, a team from Grace returned to Haiti and built bunk beds for the eight children and their care taker – giving the children their first-ever bed in which to sleep. In February 2015, $6000 was donated from the tithe of the Free2B capital campaign at Grace. These funds provided the food, shelter, clothing and caregiver expenses for an entire year — thanks to our Grace family and God’s grace!

How can you help?

  • Contribute to an emergency medical fund, to provide for children’s unforeseen needs. Please make checks out to Grace Lutheran and indicate “emergency medical fund” on the memo line.
  • Help us establish an educational fund that will provide English classes for the eight kids. The children are currently enrolled in school, but learning English provides much greater educational and occupational opportunities for their future. Please make checks out to Grace Lutheran and indicate “educational fund” on the memo line.
  • Pray for the children, their caregiver, Pastor J, and our Abandoned Children Ministry.
  • Join the ministry team at Grace for Our Abandoned Children.